Azzi Fudd

Azzi Fudd (born November 11, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference.

She attended St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C., where she was ranked as the number one recruit in her class by ESPN and won national player of the year honors.

In 2019, Fudd was named the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year after putting up averages of 26.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, becoming the first sophomore ever to win the award.

Shortly after that season, while playing in the final of the U.S. under-18 3x3 championships, held to determine the country's representatives to that year's FIBA U18 3x3 World Cup, she tore the ACL and MCL in her right knee.

Both operations were performed by K. Donald Shelbourne, an Indianapolis orthopedic surgeon who had repaired her mother's torn ACL many years earlier.

During the Elite Eight, Fudd helped UConn in a 91-87 double-overtime victory over NC State scoring 19 points, five rebounds, and two assists, while playing a team high 49 minutes.

Fudd missed more time after re-injuring her right knee against Georgetown, one game after she had returned from a 5-week absence from the initial injury, the program had announced.

Fudd made her return from a 22-game absence in the Huskies' 69-39 Big East tournament quarterfinal win over Georgetown, scoring 10 points in 17 minutes.

[10] After missing the first couple games due to her ACL injury, Fudd made her season debut on November 20, 2024 in a 85-41 win against FDU.

[15] In December 2021, Fudd signed with Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry's SC30 Inc. brand for "multidimensional" partnership, which includes a sponsorship deal and personal mentoring from the four-time NBA champion.

Fudd with UConn at the Final Four of the 2022 NCAA tournament
Fudd attending a Minnesota Lynx game in 2023